Review of The Journals of the Lewis & Clark Expedition, Vol. 2, August 30, 1803-August 24, 1804, The Journals of the Lewis & Clark Expedition, Vol. 3, August 25, 1804-ApriZ6, 1805, and The Journals of the Lewis & Clark Expedition, Vol. 4, April7-July 27, 1805

Authors

Richard A. Bartlett, The Florida State University

Date of this Version

1988

Comments

Published in Great Plains Quarterly WINTER 1988. Copyright 1988 Center for Great Plains Studies, University of Nebraska—Lincoln.

Abstract

In 1983 appeared Volume 1 of a projected eleven volume compilation of the journals of the Lewis and Clark expedition. The first volume turned out to be an atlas, which came as something of a surprise to many scholars; yet the quality of the work-the editing, the annotations, and the incredible state-of-the-art graphics-commanded praise from the academic community. The thought that lay behind the atlas as Volume 1 was that it would furnish a working tool for those studying all the remaining ten volumes. The great question remaining was, what of the quality of the textual volumes to come?